How We Intend To Keep You Happy
Our job is to get you results. Our job is to increase your online presence. Our job is to generate you leads. If we do not achieve this, there is no reason for us to exist as a business. We do exist though.
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Ideas, guides and opinions on marketing, design and the web.
Disc Jockey Day
How We Plan, And Why You Should Care
With all new clients, whatever their reason for contacting us, our first action is to undertake a website audit. Making sure website optimisation is one of the fundamental starting points. Making sure images are appealing.
Dying Light
You may or may not already know we have a love for the weird and macabre. Anything obscure gets our attention, especially if it has zombies in it! As avid gamers too, we are super excited about the release of Dying Light.
Strawberry Ice Cream Day
As you probably know by now if you’ve met us, one of our other passions besides design & digital marketing is fitness and nutrition. We went on the ketogenic diet back in February 2013 and since then we’ve changed our eating habits to limit carbs and eliminate sugar completely from our diet.
Make Your Brand Interesting, Make People Love You
As we've already blogged about how our brand came about, we'll talk a little about how we make it interesting. As it is a brand developed with a quirky passion and message, it gives us a lot of scope to make it interesting from our point of view and hopefully interesting for you guys too.
What Competition Really Means to Us
When we first started in 2009, we advertised in local papers, did some networking but there were a couple of other, more established local businesses doing what we do. We stuck at it but we don't know if potential clients saw us as 'unexperienced', 'unproven' and as a result wanted to play it safe with other, bigger companies in Hereford.
What Mobile Technology Means For Us
Having a website used to mean having a live advert for your business available to anyone at anytime. Anyone at anytime at a computer that is. Now it is literally anyone at anytime anywhere with the addition of mobile technology.
Learn Your Name In Morse Code Day
As it's learn your name in Morse Code day, we thought we'd learn how to do The DM Lab & Mason really wanted to see what his name is like in Morse Code. Here they are: The DM Lab - / -.. -- /.-
#MicroBizMattersDay
Today is #MicroBizMattersDay, as we only have a handful of employees (3 in fact!) we’re taking part. If you’re not familiar with #MicroBizMattersDay, have a look at their website here and get involved!
Argyle Day
Just for fun, Mason's put on his Argyle sweater to celebrate Argyle Day! A good look?
3D Design & Illustrations
Just recently, we have been fortunate enough to collaborate with a design company based in Cardiff - Curzon Creative - working on a brand new set of product brochures for Catnic. This involved working closely with the client and the design team at Curzon to produce 3D illustrations and product images.
Is Using One Of The DM Lab's Services Alone Worthless?
Hello and welcome to 2015! Thought we'd kick off the week back with a good question - is using one of The DM Lab's services alone worthless? If you land on our homepage, you will see we have different buttons for different services: Social Media Email Marketing SEO Analytics Adwords Training Inbound Marketing.
Motivational Quote
Welcome to the second day of 2015! Here's a great motivational quote from Albert Einstein that applies to us in digital marketing, "You have to learn the rules of the game.
The Secret Of Success
As this is the last blog of 2014 We've found it! Scroll down! Unfortunately, no, we haven't. If you do, please let us know! However, the secret of our success is a direct reflection of web traffic and lead generation we bring to your site.
How Watching The Apprentice Can Make You A Better Business Person
The Apprentice is a good watch for anyone. For anyone running a business, it's insighful and inspirational. Why? Some actions taken decisions made and things said have repucussions and impacts whether they are positive or negative waits to be seen.
What Was The Biggest Challenge Your Company Had In The Last Year?
As we are small, we have a close relationship with our customers so our payment terms are pretty flexible. This is often our un-doing as we allow payments to be delayed which is great for our customers as they may be in a difficult situation, but then the repercussions on us is massive.
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Have a great day tomorrow and a fantastic New Year. See you in 2015!
Take The Online Relationship Offline
Some people are born with charisma, a killer personality and in turn become really likable. Take our Marketing Director Chris. Everyone who's ever interacted with him just ends up loving him! He's a real people person, and he is great for taking an online relationship (or telephone relationship) offline.
Lessons Learned in 2014
We have worked hard to get where we are today. We funded the startup completely by ourselves, not asking for a penny off anyone for help. We are beginning to reap the rewards of this continued hard work which has not come easy.
Happy Christmas & Thank You!
We wish you all a very happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. We also want to thank everyone that has supported our little business this past year too. Keep spreading the word! Have a great Christmas and we’ll see you next year!
Fonts
The right font, and a good font, is key to any good design. It needs to suit the design, compliment the theme of the design and also be legible. Festive designs often steer toward an old English, rustic look, where as sweets are often bold and bright.
How Important Is It For You To Be On Page 1 Of Google?
Is it necessary to be on page 1 of Google? Let’s face it. If you’re on page 1 of Google for whatever you do, then you’re either super lucky or are at legendary status in digital marketing and SEO. Question is, is it the be all and end all to be on the first page of Google?
The Christmas & New Year Business Survival Guide
Take a break, put your feet up and relax with our Christmas & New Year Business Survival Guide The Christmas holidays are supposed to be a break from everything. Spending time with the family and enjoy the festive period without worrying about work.